That's what I checked out first. It does not really go directly to the Maildir when an "&" line is used, whether that is in a .qmail-address file under the domain directory or in the .qmail file in the user directory.
You might have meant to use a "/" line which is what Rick suggested and I'm trying that with no luck so far. -Kurt On 3/6/11 9:29 PM, "Tren Blackburn" <t...@eotnetworks.com> wrote: > You can deliver directly to the Maildir via a forward. Details are in the man > pages. > > HTH, > > Tren > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kurt Bigler [mailto:k...@breathsense.com] > Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 09:13 PM > To: vchkpw@inter7.com <vchkpw@inter7.com> > Subject: [vchkpw] way to deliver to Maildir bypassing .qmail files? > > Hi, > > I'm in a time-sensitive bind in which I need to set something up quickly for > a user in my existing qmail+vpopmail+qmailadmin system (which has a little > procmail sprinkled in). > > The goal is to create a new forward or forwarding account that forwards to > this user's existing account but bypasses the .qmail file associated with > that account (which invokes spam filtering). In short I want to deliver to > the Maildir but skip the .qmail instructions. If I'm not mistaken the > mechanisms I can think of within vpopmail do NOT do this. > > This is a solution to a problem that this user is in a critical > health-related process that requires that she reliably receive critical > email (from people who have the new address). The other requirement is not > to have to alter this person's email settings in a way that would require > adding another account to her Apple Mail scenario. The user has visual > problems and limited capacity to deal with things like an extra folder > appearing in her Apple Mail interface. > > The only thing I could think of is that maybe a very short procmail command > file might name a Maildir which gets delivered to directly without reference > to the .qmail file which would cause the spam filter (sorely needed for the > existing address) to be invoked. > > But if there were a more straighforward way to do this directly in > qmail+vpopmail I'd like to know about it. > > I am currently using vpopmail 5.4.10 (and qmailadmin 1.2.8), and right now > is not the time to upgrade (please). > > Thanks for any thoughts. > > -Kurt > > > > > > > > > > !DSPAM:4d747c7332712961132975!
